PEOPLE are always saying to me "Isn't it boring watching the sky? Nothing ever happens up there..." That's not true! Apart from the International Space Station there's lots to see moving about up there. The constellations come and go during the year, each season displaying its own special stars as Earth whirls around the Sun. The Moon hopscotch's across the sky, jumping eastwards night after night, growing from a crescent to a full disk and then shrinking back to a crescent again, passing stars and planets on the way. The planets themselves move from week to week, sometimes gathering in twos or threes, or with the Moon, to make attractive groupings. Flaring Iridium satellites appear out of nowhere, looking like a star that suddenly appears, grows startlingly bright and then fading away again. Shooting stars zip across the sky without warning, some brighter than anything else in the sky. And during a meteor shower the sky can almost drip shooting stars.

The International Space Station is coming to the end of its latest run of morning passes. It will soon vanish from our skies for a while, before returning to the evening sky in a couple of weeks. It's much easier to see it in the evenings - there's no need to get up at ridiculous o'clock to watch it drifting across the sky - but here are the dates and times for the rest of this run: March 30, 05:24:38; March 31, 04:33:35; April 1, 05:17:49; April 2, 04:29:10.

Remember the ISS will look like a star rising up from the western horizon at that time. If you see it give Tim Peake a wave - he might be looking down taking your picture at the same time!